“A good company that could be great if management didn't take the usual route of overcompensating itself. ”

Comp & Benefits

Work/Life Balance

Senior Management

Career Opportunities

Former Employee - Engineer IV in Orlando, FL (US)

Former Employee - Engineer IV in Orlando, FL (US)

I worked at FLIR

Pros

1) You get your own office (in the Orlando division);2) You get a lot of responsibility;3) Stock options for just about everybody (granted, you're not getting thousands of them, but they still hand them out);4) Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP);5) A modicum of bureaucracy;6) Flexible hours;7) Small company feel with big company goals (i.e. ambitious);8) You can load software onto your computer without IT-department scrutiny.

Cons

1) If your boss is competent, then he or she has to die, quit or retire in order for you to get promoted.2) Management wants you to do everything and be great at it as an engineer (conceive, design, build, test, transition to manufacturing, produce schedules, manage people, etc.). If you're trying to be great at everything--especially if they aren't interested in it--you'll get people that are average overall when they could, instead, be great at what they enjoy and are good at.3) You're constantly aware that top-level management has golden parachutes and massive amounts of stock options, all for being no smarter than you are.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Start showering everyone with an ample amounts of stock options. It's in your best interest. No one wants to hear how you make family sacrifices for one weekend like everyone else, because you are, in fact, sitting on a mountain of cash.